RE: I Used To Be A Fan But I Am Now Shocked, Disgusted And Appalled With Sam Harris
May 28, 2017 at 11:35 am
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2017 at 11:52 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 28, 2017 at 11:09 am)Longhorn Wrote: I think this might be part of the problem. Someone holds one opinion that is nasty or that you disagree with, and you cross them out as a person entirely.
Bullshit. No I don't. Where the hell did I say it made them any less than a person? I am saying that a bigoted person is a bigot (that's what a bigot is). I'm calling a spade a spade, I'm not saying they're any less of a person.
Quote:Humans are a bit more complex than that.
Duh. No need to be condescending. I'm not saying they're not nice in other respects... I'm saying I have higher standards and I'm not a fan of bigots.
Quote: Gangsters can be loving fathers and nazis can be animal lovers. Maybe don't take people for either black or white? It sounds a bit BPD-y.
I'm not interested in your condescension, your stating of the obvious and your myopic mischaracterisation of me.
(May 28, 2017 at 11:33 am)Mathilda Wrote:(May 28, 2017 at 10:51 am)J a c k Wrote: There is such a thing as the extreme left and that is not a fantasy.
I have only ever heard Americans refer to the extreme left, but then those same people think of socialism as akin to communism and assume that it's the route to economic ruin all the while not realising that what prosperous parts of Europe have is what they consider socialism. So I tend to ignore what Americans say when they talk about the extreme left. I just see the poster as being parochial.
What I've noticed is there is nothing liberal or left about this so-called "extreme-left". It's whiny authoritarianism, not liberalism. Being so politically correct that you try to shut down free speech isn't being liberal or pro free speech: it's being authoritarian which is right-wing not left-wing. These are pseudo-liberals who identify as liberal but are actually rather authoritarian in their behavior--they don't practice what they preach that's the problem. They preach free speech but then they try to shut down people's free speech as they scream political correctness. That's not liberal, that's authoritarian.
(May 28, 2017 at 11:04 am)LastPoet Wrote: I am not a fan, never take professional atheists seriously. Hammy is just pissed off that guy said something he doesn't like. That is always bad. Who dares to disagree with hammy and his internet grade logic
Ah well. I still remember my twenties.
I have no problem with people disagreeing with me but they often have a problem with me disagreeing with them
